Tent-stake.



A. BASNETT.Y

TENT STKE1 APPLxcATIoN HLED 1AN.27.1911.

Patented July 31, 1917.

l n ucwxtoz Elttoz ne sa AUGUSTUS BASNETT, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

TENTts'iJAKE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application led January 27, 1917. Serial No. 144,944.

To all fwwm 'it mag/concern Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS BAsNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Tent-Stake, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tent stakes, one of its objects being to provide a stake which can be driven readily into the ground even though the same be frozen, said stake having means whereby it will be held at the proper angle in soft soil, thus to hold the tent rope or guy taut.

A further object is to combine with the stake an improved means for taking up slack within the tent rope or guy, it being possible by the use of this means to utilize a metal guy or rope which is affected by climatic changes to a less degree than the ordinary hemp rope or guy employed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

Tn said drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a device embodying the present improvements.

2 is a front view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 3-3 Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on line ida Fig. 2.

Referring to the gures by characters of reference l designates a metal stake pointed at its lower end as shown at 2 and to the front edge of which is secured a pointed plate 3 constituting a retarding blade. The stake l projects above this blade and this upwardly projecting portion has bearing members 4 extending therefrom and supporting a shaft 5 which may be rotated in any manner desired, as by means of a crank arm 6. A hook 7 or the like is attached to the blade 3 and is adapted to engage the crank arm 6 to hold the shaft 5 against rotation. To the shaft is secured one end of a guy or rope 8 preferably formed of metal and which is designed to be attached in the usual manner to the top of a tent, a portion of which has been indicated at 9 in Fig. l.

In using the device the stake is driven into the soil as ordinarily and the blade 3 will enter the ground therewith and will present its broad face to the soil, thus to hold the stake against shifting toward the tent when subjected to an excessive pull. After the stake has been properly positioned the guy 8 is attached to the tent and is then drawn taut by rotating shaft 5, after which said shaft is heldagainst rotation by placing hook 7 in engagement with the crank 6. Thus the tent will be securely held under all climatic conditions and there will be no danger of the guy becoming loose and detached, as is the case where an ordinary stake and tent rope are employed.

While the stake l and blade 3 have been shown formed of separate pieces secured together, it is to be understood that if desired they can be made of one piece.

What is claimed is The combination with a stake angular in cross section and having a pointed end, of a flat triangular plate secured upon one face of the stake and having its point close to the point of the stake, bearing members secured to the sides of the stake and above the triangular plate and extending across the top of said plate, a shaft journaled in the bearing members, a crank on the shaft, means movably connected to the plate for engaging the crank to hold the shaft against rotation, and a metal guy connected to and adapted to be wound upon the shaft and between the bearing members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS BASNETT. Witnesses R. H. KIRBY, R. J. SMYTH.

Copies of this patent may be `obtanez for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

